gabfest

n. 冗长的谈话, 长时间的会议

发音

US /ˈɡæbˌfɛst/
AU

词形变化

gabfests 复数 gabfests

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An occasion (such as a meeting) where people talk at length.

    美国 俚语

    Oh, we've been talking about constitutional reform since 1927. I've been going to these gabfests since the fifties.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 7

gossip gab chitchat causerie chinwag small talk tittle-tattle

上位词 5

chat schmooze confabulation confab schmoose

词源

From gab + -fest.

来源：wiktionary